Sonarqube License =link= Direct

Disclaimer: Pricing and features are accurate as of 2025. SonarSource reserves the right to change licensing terms. Always check the official SonarQube documentation before purchasing.

: Starts at roughly $150/year for up to 100,000 LOC. It adds features like pull request analysis and decoration, branch analysis, and support for additional languages. sonarqube license

No license is required to download, install, or use the Community Edition. Commercial editions require a valid license key purchased from SonarSource. Disclaimer: Pricing and features are accurate as of 2025

No. SonarLint is a separate open-source tool (LGPL) and does not require a SonarQube license, even when connected to a paid server (though the connection feature requires the server to have a Developer+ license). : Starts at roughly $150/year for up to 100,000 LOC

. Suddenly, the team could see every "code smell" and security hotspot in their Java and JavaScript files. It was like turning on a light in a dark room.

SonarSource has four distinct tiers. As of 2025, SonarQube has moved away from "Lines of Code" (LOC) pricing to or "Compute Units" for Data Center, but the standard model remains LOC-based for most self-managed instances.